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Ordinations to the Priesthood Warm congratulations to College students recently ordained: Simon Grainger was born in James Kerr was the Blue Mountains in 1950 ordained priest for and after a distinguished the Ballarat legal career and the death of Diocese on Friday his wife in 1996, he moved 6 September at to Melbourne in 2001 to a St Patrick’s new appointment. At this Cathedral, Ballarat stage he also moved from by Bishop Paul the Anglican Church, under Bird CSsR. James the guidance of Fr. Geoffrey was educated at Taylor. He studied for the priesthood at the Beda St Patrick’s College, Ballarat. College in Rome and was ordained priest in St Patrick’s Cathedral on 28 June.

Ashley Caldow Paul Nulley will be was ordained priest ordained priest for the for the Sandhurst Canberra-Goulburn Diocese on Archdiocese on Friday Saturday 14 September 27 at September at St Christopher’s Cathedral, Sacred Heart Canberra, by Cathedral, Bendigo, Julian Porteous of Hobart. by Bishop Les

Tomlinson.

Chris Eaton was Siju Mukalekalayil will ordained priest for be ordained priest for the the Missionaries Sale Diocese on 5 of God’s Love on October at St Mary’s 13 September, in Church, Thermala, India, Canberra, by by Archbishop George Bishop Pat Valiyamattam of Power. Thalassery. Ordinations to the Diaconate

Top left to right: Joseph Linh Dinh Pham, Michael Kong and Ray Tano mgl Bottom left to right: Peter Minh Tran and Sang Ngoc Ho

Our prayer for those being ordained is that each will have a long and fruitful ministry and every joy and peace in their service of God and their fellow Christians. And we thank them for their contribution to the life of this College over the years they have been amongst us.

Book LaunchLaunchLaunch ~ FatherFatherFather GeraGeraGeraldGerald Old O’O’’’CCCCollinsollinsollinsollins sjsjsj Two ‘old Roman hands’ joined forces when on 15 August CTC hosted the launch of On the Left Bank of the Tiber (Ballan: Connor Court) by Prof. Gerald O’Collins SJ AC, a memoir that covers his life in Rome from 1974 to 2006. The Hon. Tim Fischer AC, former deputy prime minister of and ex-ambassador of Australia to the , presented the book. This second volume of Fr O’Collins’ autobiography tells the story of over thirty years of teaching at the Gregorian University (Rome), a story peopled with students, professors, visitors, saints, and popes. In his reply to Mr Fischer, Fr O’Collins shared some of the excitement, drama, and achievements of life at a legendary Roman university. The Master of CTC, Very Rev. Assoc. Prof. , chaired the launch with his customary friendly elegance. Sympathy and PrayersPrayersPrayers Mgr. Tony Ireland’s mother, Elizabeth, died on Sunday 26 August. Mrs Ireland had been in hospital since suffering a major heart attack in early July. Mgr. Tony can be assured of our prayers and support for him and his family, and you are asked to join in commending Mrs Ireland to the mercy and care of our loving God.

Father William ‘‘‘Bill‘BillBillBill’’’’ Jordan (1935(1935(1935–(1935–––2013)2013)2013)2013) Fr Bill Jordan died on 8 August, the Feast of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, after a short illness at Melbourne Private Hospital. He studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Werribee, and Propaganda Fide College, Rome, where he was ordained on 21 December 1960. He remained in Rome after ordination, gaining his Licentiate in Theology in 1961, followed by doctoral studies at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, graduating in 1967. He served in a variety of parishes in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, finally as parish priest of St Brendan’s, Flemington, and Holy Rosary, Kensington. Fr Bill retired as Pastor Emeritus in 2011. Fr Bill was among the first group of lecturers at CTC when it was established in 1972. He lectured in Liturgy from 1972–1975 and is remembered as a gentle scholarly man with a great love for the liturgical tradition of the Church and the arts associated with its development.

Beyond Victoria ParadeParadeParade CTC continues a long tradition of teaching some courses at other sites. When the College was located at Clayton, units were offered at Traralgon and Sydenham over many years. At present this extension work continues in Geelong, Werribee and Shepparton. At Geelong and Werribee, the Graduate Certificate in Teaching Religious Education is being offered. This comprises four units: one being offered each semester over a two-year period. The venue at Geelong is St Joseph’s College, Newtown, and the Werribee programme is offered at the Notre Dame University Medical Clinical School Facility. There are approximately 32 students enrolled at Werribee and 18 at Geelong. Most of these students are sponsored either by the CEOM or their own school. The programme is being co-ordinated by Dr Frances Baker rsm and the others currently lecturing in the programme are Dr Birute Arendarcikas rsm, Rev. Dr Brian Boyle, Dr Rosemary Canavan, Rev. Dr Phillip Gleeson sdb, Dr Denise Goodwin, and Rev. Assoc. Prof. Mark O’Brien op. At Shepparton the Graduate Certificate in Theology is being offered for the Diocese of Sandhurst. This course is for lay people involved, or interested in being involved in pastoral ministry and also comprises 4 units. These units are being taught over two or three week-ends in each semester across two years and lecturing staff include Dr Frances Baker rsm, Rev Dr Elio Capra sdb and Maria Weatherill.

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Dr Kevin Lenehan organised a series of Lectures entitled Open Minds and Believing Hearts to mark the conclusion of the Year of Faith. These lectures were held on Tuesday Evenings in the Knox Lecture Room and drew large and appreciative audiences. The series involved fifteen CTC faculty members and was a fitting contribution by a Catholic faculty to the life of wider Church community. Each participant spoke for about 20 minutes and then each responded to the other two. The audience then had an opportunity to ask questions. Speakers, topics and dates were as follows:

Tuesday 20 August: Faith and Truth Fr Shane Mackinlay (philosophy), Sr Helen Delaney RSM (canon law, history), and Fr Austin Cooper OMI (church history and spirituality) offered insights from their own fields of scholarship and practice to reflect on the relationship of faith and truth.

Tuesday 27 August: Faith and Beauty Fr Brian Boyle (scripture), Sr Birute Arendarcikas RSM (Eastern theology and Mariology), and Dr Cal Ledsham (philosophy) reflected on the relationship of faith and beauty.

Tuesday 3 September: Faith and Goodness Fr Laurie McNamara CM (moral theology), Fr Mark O’Brien OP (scripture), and Fr Phillip Gleeson SDB (systematic theology) spoke on the relationship of faith and goodness.

Tuesday 10 September: Faith and Community Sr Frances Baker RSM (moral theology), Fr Steve Rigo (systematic theology), Dr Rosemary Canavan (scripture) spoke on the relationship of faith and community.

Tuesday 17 September: Faith and Culture Mrs Clara Staffa Geoghegan (church history and ministry), Fr Kevin Lenehan (systematic theology), and Fr Max Vodola (church history, Vatican II) concluded the series and they spoke on the relationship of faith and culture.

Using NVivoNVivoNVivo Software for Research on the Prayer of Cancer Patients Recently a CTC PhD candidate, Greg Brown, presented an invited eSeminar on his research work. It was described as “Great and fascinating”, “excellent”, “really useful” and “stimulating”. The presentation was titled The Storytelling Nature of Cancer Patients. The focus was on the use of QSR’s NVivo software and demonstrated the analytical process that led to pastorally significant conclusions on the contribution of the prayer of cancer patients to their well-being. It also revealed a link between a certain quality of listening to the patient’s story and healing. The audience was international with 741 registrants. The seminar is available on YouTube and can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtgxqRtkcUM. SRC BBQSRC BBQ The SRC held its second semester BBQ 10 September. There was great food and fun for all.

Catholic Theological College MCD University of Divinity

The Master Very Rev. Assoc. Prof. Shane Mackinlay

invites you to

A forum with CTC’s Inaugural Professors: Prof. Austin Cooper omi AMAMAM Prof. Norman Ford sdb Prof. Ian Waters JV

Scholarship, Priesthood and Proclaiming the Word

Facilitated by Prof. FranFranciscis J. Moloney sdb AMAMAM

Tuesday 8 October, 5.30pm ~ Drinks available from 5.15pm

Catholic Theological College 278 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

RSVP: Thursday 3 October ~ Jill Allen: ℡ 9412 3304,  [email protected]